Device for handling electric lamps and the like



Dec. 11, 1923. I 1,476,817

G. E. HATFIELD DEVICE FOR HANDLING ELECTRIC L'IAMPS AND THE LIKE Filed June 21, 1922 T f-vmrsef arrill Patent-ed e e. 11," less.

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App'lieationfiled June 21, Serial so stat-4:3.

'To slim/17mm it may concern." it knownthat I, Gnonon E. HATFIELD,

lamps are used in considerable quantities it is necessary to wash and recolor the lamps at more or less frequent intervals. The

lamps are usually washed, that is, the old color removed, by dipping them in lye water, rinsing them in hot water, and then dropping; them on a bed of sawdust or similar material to. dry. I 1

Une object of the present invention is to provides device by -means of which the lamp may be manipulated during this weshing process without the hands of the operetor coming in contact either ith the weshing solution or with the lamp; or which may be used for temporarilysupporting electric lamps or similar devices where no current- Another object of the invention is to provide such a? device with means for sup- 'iorting the same on a receptacle with the lamp immersed, or partly immersed in the solution within'the receptacle.

A further object oit the inyentionfis to provide edevice of this kind which will be simple in its construction and which may be quickly and easily operated to insert and remove the lamp and which canhe produced and sold atalow cost.- V

Other objects of the invention may appear as tho-device is described in detail.

In the accompanying drmtings Fin. 1 is a side elevation ota-device embodyingmy inyention 'showin the lamp supported within a receptacle; Fig. 2 is a front end ele-j ration of the same; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View showing the device without the: supporting clamp; and hi plan view of one end of the device.

in these drawings 1' elnliodi out or" my invent on and have shown the same as @OJllllSlD-g; ithandle upon which is mounted a two part socket,

with zt-plate 9 which may, it

i: is a top;

have illustrated one.

one part offwhich is inoyahle relatively to the other to permit the base of the lamp to he inserted in and removed from" the socket and which is provieed with means for holding the movable portion of the socket in its operative position that is, in a. position to clarnp the base of the lamp between the two parts of the socket lit will'he nuderstooiil that the particular device here shown has been chosen for the purposes of illustration only and that the invention may talie various forms without departing from the spirit thereof. I The 1 particular device here shown coniprises a handle 1 which may be inadeof wood end on which is mounted the socket consist:

ing of two parts, 2 and The part2 is in the present instance, rigidly secured. to the end of the handle 1 and is here shown as having formed integral therewith a base portion t which is secured to the end of the handle 1 by means of a screw The other part 3 ot' the socket may bemounted inany suitable manner for movement toi'vnrd and from thexpart 2 of the socket. In the presenttorin of rthe device the part 30-16 the socket is carried by and preferably formed integral ith a lever 6 extending longthwisejotv the handle and piyotelly mountedhetween its ends on .a. pivot pin 7 mounted in lugs 8 secured to the handle 1 and in the present instance formed integral desired, he formed integral with the base '4- of the part 2 of the socket, thus enabling the part 2 of the socket, itsibase, the plate 9 and the lugs 8 to he cast as a unit; The movable: part 'ofthe'socket is preferably held in its operative position by means of a, spring and I have-here shown av spring 10 coiled about the pivot pin 7 having; one end been ing'ageinst the plate 9 and hayingv the otherend looped beneath that end of the lever opposite the part 3 of the socket. This end of the lei-Fer may be provided with a thumb piece. 1'1 by means of which the vided with screw'threads which'are. so a'r-Z i T rangedlthat when the twofparts of a socket lamp is lying on its side;

are in V, their'g closed position the threads thereof will engage'the-threads on the base ofthe lamp and thus firmly hold the same 2 against movement in the socket;

7 "l't'vwill' be' apparent from the foregoing description that thedevice is [very simple in its construction and that it may be easily operated manipulating the lever j"6;.with the thumbof the hand which grasps the'handle l lVhile the lamp will usually be lifted by the hand of the operator and placed in the socket, this is not essential as the Ibaseiof'the lamp can be gripped-betweenthe two parts of the socket while the The washing or other treatment. ofthe lamp 'may then be 7 "accomplished and the lampfinally released 20 from the socket without the necessity of the operator touching the' lamp, with his hands. The device comprises but'a few pieces, that is, the handle 1 the two parts of the socket with their connected devices the ivot )in 7 and the spring 10." 'Not' only can these 1 parts he very cheaply manufactured but they are very easily assembled, thereby permitting the device to be produced at a very low cost. V

ertain treatments of the lamps, suchas etching, require that they be immersed', or partly immersed, in a solution and retained therein tor a period of time. To enable i th'ejdevice to be. utilized for thi'spurpose I embrace the handle 1 and to'be clamped thereon by means-of a screw '14, Secured to this bracket is a clamping device and in the present instance :the bracket comprises an upright portion, or plate, 15, the lower partfof which constitutes one member of the clamp. Pivotally mounted on the bracket is alevcr 16, the lower end portion of which constitutes the other member of; thee/lamp, As here shown, the lever 16 is pivotally mounted between its ends on a pinl'? mounted in pivot lugs 18 carried by I thelupright memberiii of the bracket. The

upper portion ofthe lever eXtonds above the bracket and is provided with a thumb piece 19 by means of which the clamp may be manipulated, A. spring. acts on the lever to move the lower end thereof toward the fixcd'clamping member 15. "Inthe present ing respectively against the upright member 15 of the bracket, and the upper portion of the lever 16. The lower portion of the movable member is provided with a clamping head 21 which is curved to conform it to curvature of the pail and is preferably inclined to a icommodatc it to the inclination of the wall of a tapered pail. In order that the device may be mounted on a receptacle, or pail, having a vertical wall and the lamp supported in an upright position therein, I have mounted in the lower portion of the lever 16 an adjustable stop, such as a screw 22 which may be so adjusted that it will engage the outer surface of the receptacle at the same time that the ends of the curved head 21 engage the pail, thus ret aining the handle 1 in a vertical position. It will be understood that the lamp handling device may be used either with or without the supporting clamp, but by the use of the clamp the device is given a much wider range of utility.

7 While I have shownand described one embodiment of my invention I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the details thereof as various modifications may occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having, now fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described. a handle, a two part socket carried by said handle,'and adapted to receive the base of an electric lamp, one part of said socket being movable toward and from the other part thereof, and means for retaining the movable part of said socket in its operative position.

2. In a device of the character described. a handle, a two part socket carried by said handle, and adapted to receive the base of an electric lamp, one part of said socket being movable toward and from the other part thereof, and a spring acting, on the movable part of said socket to yieldingly hold the same in its operative position.

3. In a device of the character described, a handle, a two part socket carried by said handle, and adapted to receive the base of an electric lamp. means for pivotally mounting one part of said socket on the handle for movement toward and from the other part of said socket, and means for holding said movable part of said socket in operative relation to said other part of said socket,

of said socket, and means forlholding said movable position. v i v j 5. In a device of the characterdescribed,

part of said socket in its operative a handle, a two partsocket carried by. said handle and adapted to. receive the baseof an electric lamp, one part of said socket be ing movable toward and from the other part thereof, a leverpivotally mounted on'said handle and supporting the movable part of said socket, and means actingon said lever to hold the movable part of said socket in its operative position.

6. In a device of the character described, a handle, a two part socket carried by said handle and adapted to receive thebase ofian electric lamp, one part of said socket being movable toward and from the other part thereof, a lever pivotally mounted on said handle and supporting the movable part of said socket, a spring acting on said lever to hold said movable part of said socket in its operative position, and means for actuating said lever against the tension of said spring.

Z. In a device of the character described, a handle, a two part socket carried by said handle and having screw threads to receive the screw threaded base of an electric lamp, said socket being divided near the longitudinal center thereof, and one part thereof being movable toward and from theother part thereof, a spring to retain the movable part of said socket normally in its operative position, and means operable by the hand which grasps the handle to move said movable part of said socket into an inoperative position.

8. In. a device of the character described, a handle, a two part socket, one part of said socket having a base adapted to be rigidly sccured to said handle, a lever pivotally mounted. on said handle and carrying the other part of said socket, and a spring acting on said lever to move said movable part of said socket toward the other part thereof.

9. In a device of the character described, a handle, a two part socket, one part of said ocket having a base extending transversely thereto and adapted to be rigidly secured to the end of said handle, a plate connected with said base and secured to the side of said handle, pivot lugs carried by-said plate, a lever pivotally mounted between its ends on'sa-id pivot lugs and carryingthe other part of said socket, a spring actingonsaid lever-to, move'othe lastmentioned" part of said socketftoward the firstv mentioned part thereof, and meansfor, manipulating said lever against thea'ction .of said spring. 4

10. In a-deviceof the character described, a handle, a two part socket carried by-said handle and adapted to receive the base of an electric lamp,--"'onei;part of said socket being movabletoward and from; the other part thereof, means for retaining the .movable partof said socket in its operativeposition, and a supporting device connected with sa'id'handle and having means for gripping the edge of a receptacle.

11. In a device of the character described, a handle, a two part socket carried by said handle and adapted to receive the base of an electric lamp, one part of said socket be ing movable toward and from the other part thereof, means for retaining the movable part of said socket in its operative position,

and a supporting device adjustably mounted on said handle and having means for-gripping the edge of the receptacle.

12. In a device of the character described, a handle, a two part socket carried by said handle and adapted to receive the base of an electric lamp, one part of said socket being movable toward and from the other part thereof, means for retaining the movable part of said ocket in its operative posit-ion, and a supporting device mounted on said handle and comprising clamping members, one of which is yieldably mounted with relation to the other.

13. In a device of the character described,

a handle, a socket carried by said handle to receive the base of an electric lamp, a supporting device having means for detachably securing the same to said handle, and comprising two members, one of which is movable toward and from the other, said members being adapted to clamp the edge of the receptacle between them.

14-. In a device of the character described,

a handle, a socket carried by said handle and adapted to receive the base of an electric lamp, a bracket having means for securing the same to said handle, a fixed clamping member carried by said bracket, a movable clamping member carried bysaid bracket,

and a spring acting on said movable clamping member. i

15. In a device of the character described, a handle, a socket carried by said handle and adaptedpto receive the base of an electric lamp, a bracket having means for securing the same to said handle, a fixed clamping member said bracketfla movable clampingfmember' carried bysaid bracket; a

spring acting" on said movable clamping member; smd movable e'la-mpjmg member ,h'a- 'ingan inclined clamping head to accommodate the same to the inqlind wall of -a. receptacle."

' 16. In adenine of theycharacter described,

iti'hfindle a so'cketcarried-by said handle and adapted to receive the "base 0f an 'el ect ric' lam-p, ebmcket having means for securing the-same 't0 -sa1d handle, a; fixed chunpmg member carried by said bracket, a movable adapted. f0 engage the wall of the receptacleabove said head.

Intest-nnony whereof I affix my signature GEORGE E. HATFIELD. 

